Putrescence

Synonyms for "putrescence" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

caries carrion decay

Noun(1 words)

corruption

Strong matches (4)

decomposition dry rot filth gangrene

Related words (8)

mortification necrosis putrefaction rot slough spoilage

Noun(2 words)

putridness rottenness

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5 entries

morbidity morbidness putrefaction rot unwholesomeness

is a

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putrefaction unwholesomeness

related to

2 entries

decay putrid

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What's the difference between fermentation and putrescence?

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Hot, and precipitate, and zealous, as has been the assiduity, with which the public eye is blinkled by this glittering putrescence of rotten policy, and the public ear is deaffened by a vapid and senseless jargon of political bombast, …

Source: wiktionary

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